======Notes on Current Android Box Hardware======

===SCISHION V88 TV Box===
I bought one of these Oct 2016 http://www.gearbest.com/tv-box-mini-pc/pp_401686.html
//Notes//
- only about NZ$40 landed
- not really quick enough as a general purpose android box without a bit of mucking around
- new android firmware available that kills multitasking for a bit better performance
- works ok to run Kodi relatively well at 1080p
- can play video in 4k apparently (not menuing though) but not tested by me
- remote works fine for Kodi (however I prefer CEC and my Panasonic remote with a RPi)
CNX Review http://www.cnx-software.com/2016/07/29/scishion-v88-rockchip-rk3229-tv-box-sells-for-19-99-promo/
Forum info http://freaktab.com/forum/tv-player-support/rockchip-based-tv-players/rk3229-devices/583845-scishion-v88-rk3229-4k-android-5-1-kodi-tv-box-1g-8g-wifi-lan-dolby-dts
Updated android build http://androidtvbox.eu/new-firmware-mxq-4k-tv-box-rk3229-20160628-release/
Dumped firmware from original build https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1-J4GslQsokejZ4TzI3dzJTWEk/view?usp=sharing
Kodi build specifically for this chipset (RKMC) https://github.com/JamesLinEngineer/RKMC/blob/Jarvis/RKMC-Build/rkmcapp-armeabi-v7a-debug.apk

===K1 Plus Amlogic===
I also have one of these which I bought last year locally for about NZ$100 and use for a photobooth app and nothing else.  Works ok for that.  I had to strip a bunch of bloatware from it however.
http://www.gearbest.com/tv-box-mini-pc/pp_262158.html review: http://www.cnx-software.com/2015/11/28/k1-plus-amlogic-s905-tv-box-review/

===Other options===
**Matricom G-Box Q²** - Android specific box with favourable reviews
**[[http://www.hardkernel.com/main/products/prdt_info.php ODROID C2]]** – single board pc like RPi, but there an android build for it
**[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouya Ouya]]** I bought one of these a few years back via kickstarter and it will run vanilla android pretty well 
**Roku 3** Possibly, but limited functionality and it is pretty locked down
**NVIDIA SHIELD Pro** $300+ but probably one of the best android boxes around

===Android for Raspberry Pi===
Android on RPi is progressing but I wouldn’t bother yet (graphics issues with proprietary drivers).  Nougat is supposed to support it natively, but probably just the IoT version which is pretty cut down.
https://www.raspberrypi.org/magpi/android-raspberry-pi/
http://geektillithertz.com/wordpress/index.php/2016/08/26/android7-raspberry-pi-3/



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